{"id":46220,"date":"2016-11-10T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=46220"},"modified":"2016-11-10T21:59:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T03:59:28","slug":"protestors-come-together-at-trump-tower-in-downtown-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/protestors-come-together-at-trump-tower-in-downtown-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters come together at Trump Tower in downtown Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Cloee Cooper and Fariba Pajooh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[<em>See <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/not-my-president-protesters-chant-at-trump-tower\/\">related story on the night&#8217;s protest<\/a><\/em>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Helicopters buzzed overhead as thousands of angry and perplexed people gathered at the Trump Tower to protest the election of Donald Trump as president Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Shocked youth, minorities, pregnant mothers and middle-aged people joined together to repeat chants of \u201cNo Trump, No KKK, No Racist USA.\u201d \u201cNot my president\u201d and \u201cDonald Trump has got to go\u201d reverberated through the streets of downtown Chicago as people, mostly young, held signs reading \u201cNever Trump\u201d and \u201cReject Racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event, originally called \u201cPoint and Laugh at Trump Tower,\u201d was intended to celebrate Hillary Clinton\u2019s victory. However, overnight the event was replaced with \u2018Emergency Protest: Say no to Trump! Say no to Racism\u2019 and was shared more than 55,000 times on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ANSWERChicago\/\">Answer Chicago\u2019s Facebook page.<\/a> By 4 p.m., more than 8,000 people indicated on the site that they were planning to go.<\/p>\n<p>See photos taken by Fariba Pajooh, Pat Nabong and Christen Gall:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0113-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Protesters in front of tower\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Protesters in front of tower\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0113.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0113.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters scream &#8220;Not my president!&#8221; in front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2756-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Posters near Trump Tower\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Posters near Trump Tower\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2756.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2756.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters hold up their anti-trump posters near Trump Tower, which was barricaded by police. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9632-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"Protestor in front of Trump Tower  in downtown Chicago Nov 9.2016.\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Protestor in front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago Nov 9.2016\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9632.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9632.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protester in front of Trump Tower  in downtown Chicago. Nov 9.2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2560-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Protester and baby\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Protester and baby\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2560.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2560.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Thousands of people, both old and young, flood the streets of downtown Chicago to protest Trump&#8217;s victory. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL) <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"4\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_3639-1024x1024.jpg\" title=\"Caricature of Trump\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Caricature of Trump\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_3639.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_3639.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">A caricature of Trump stands out in the crowd of protesters during an anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago. Nov. 9, 2016. (Christen Gall\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9835-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"Police tighten the blockade around protesters front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago Nov 9. 2016\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Police tightenthe blockade around protesters front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago Nov 9. 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9835.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9835.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Police tighten the blockade around protesters in front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. Nov 9. 2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"6\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-fariba_9801-1024x767.jpg\" title=\"Police block streets during an anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago.\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Police block streets during an anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago.\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-fariba_9801.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-fariba_9801.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Police block streets during an anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago. Nov 9, 2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"7\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_9923-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Immigrant with poster\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Immigrant with poster\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_9923.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_9923.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Immigrants, black and brown youth and LGBTs are among the thousands of people who join the anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"8\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0163-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Cap set on fire\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Cap set on fire\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0163.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0163.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">A cap with the words, &#8220;Make America great again&#8221; is set on fire by a group of young people during an anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago.  Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"9\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2495-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Protester with &quot;not my president&quot; sign\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Protester with &quot;not my president&quot; sign\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2495.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2495.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters scream, &#8220;Not my president!&#8221; while rallying in downtown Chicago a day after the election. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"10\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2820-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Vandalism on waiting shed\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Vandalism on waiting shed\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2820.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2820.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters spray paint a waiting shed in downtown Chicago during the anti-Trump rally that drew thousands of people. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"11\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0050-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Hugging in front of &quot;love&quot; sign\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"11\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Hugging in front of &quot;love&quot; sign\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0050.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_0050.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters offer free hugs to people during the anti-Trump rally in downtown Chicago. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL).<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"12\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2606-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"Women with signs\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"12\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Women with signs\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2606.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-nabong_2606.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">People fighting for women&#8217;s and LGBT rights, racial equality and peace were among the thousands of people who flood the streets of downtown Chicago during an anti-Trump rally. Nov. 9, 2016. (Pat Nabong\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"13\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-fariba_9787-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"Protesters scream &quot;Hey hey, ho,ho, Donald Trump has got to go!&quot; around Trump Tower in downtown Chicago Nov 9. 2016\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"13\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Protesters scream &quot;Hey hey, ho,ho, Donald Trump has got to go!&quot; around Trump Tower in downtown Chicago Nov 9. 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-fariba_9787.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/trump-protest-fariba_9787.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters scream &#8220;Hey hey, ho,ho, Donald Trump has got to go!&#8221; around Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. Nov 9. 2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"14\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9815-1024x767.jpg\" title=\"Protesters in front of Trump Tower  in downtown Chicago Nov 9.2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"14\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Protesters in front of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago Nov 9.2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9815.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/IMG_9815.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters in front of Trump Tower  in downtown Chicago. Nov 9.2016. (Fariba Pajooh\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nOne of the protesters was a 19-year-old young white man wearing a Palestinian shawl. He said he wore the shawl to protect himself from tear gas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart stopped when Trump had 275 of the electoral vote,\u201d said Jack Lenhardt, a student at Elgin Community College whose father voted for Trump. \u201cPeople have given up on electoral politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower, north of the recently blue-dyed Chicago River, and circulated around the tower several times before making their way north along State Street. Some protesters staged a sit-down at the intersection of Michigan Ave. and Superior and another at Michigan Ave. and Wabash.<\/p>\n<p>Next to Trump Tower, men in suits and ties stood watching the demonstrators. \u201cIt\u2019s America, that\u2019s what happens all the time,\u201d said a man who asked to be referred to as Dick. When asked what he thought of Trump, he said, \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens. Time will tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Alper, a lawyer from Rogers Park, compared the spontaneous protest to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, when thousands of Vietnam War protesters battled police in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t protest for your rights, you lose them,\u201d said Alper.<\/p>\n<p>By 8 p.m. the crowd of protesters had blocked traffic on Lake Shore Drive and were still marching through the streets. There were no major clashes between police and protesters throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Similar rallies took place in dozens of cities around the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cloee Cooper and Fariba Pajooh [See related story on the night&#8217;s protest] Helicopters buzzed overhead as thousands of angry and perplexed people gathered at the Trump Tower to protest the election of Donald Trump as president Wednesday evening. 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